FUNCTIONS AND

IMPORTANCE OF
EDUCATION IN THE
SOCIETY
EDUCATION
• EDUCATION IS THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE,
HABITS, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES THROUGH
INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING OR THROUGH SELF-
ACTIVITY.

• EDUCATION IS THE SOCIAL INSTITUTION

THROUGH WHICH SOCIETY PROVIDES ITS
MEMBERS WITH IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE,
INCLUDING BASIC FACTS, JOB SKILLS, AND
CULTURAL NORMS AND VALUES (MACIONIS, 2012).
TYPES OF EDUCATION
• FORMAL
• INFORMAL
• NON-FORMAL
 FORMAL EDUCATION
• THIS IS THE HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURED,
CHRONOLOGICAL, GRADED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
FROM PRIMARY SCHOOL TO THE UNIVERSITY,
INCLUDING PROGRAMS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR FULL
TIME TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING.
•ELEMENTARY
•SECONDARY
•TERTIARY
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
• IT REFERS TO ANY ORGANIZED EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY
OUTSIDE THE ESTABLISHED FORMAL SYSTEM TO
PROVIDE SELECTED TYPES OF LEARNING TO A SEGMENT
OF THE POPULATION.
• NON-FORMAL EDUCATION ENABLES A STUDENT TO
LEARN SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THROUGH
STRUCTURED LEARNING EXPERIENCES. A STUDENT
LEARNS HIS/HER VALUES, PRINCIPLES, AND BELIEFS
AND UNDERGOES LIFELONG LEARNING.
 INFORMAL EDUCATION
• IT IS A LIFELONG PROCESS WHEREBY EVERY INDIVIDUAL
ACQUIRES FROM DAILY EXPERIENCES, ATTITUDES, VALUES,
FACTS, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE OR MOTOR SKILL FROM
RESOURCES IN HIS OR HER HIGHER ENVIRONMENT.
• IT OFFERS ALTERNATIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THE OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH AND ADULTS SPECIFICALLY
THOSE WHO ARE 15 YEARS OLD AND ABOVE AND UNABLE
TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
AND PROGRAMS OF FORMAL EDUCATION.
• *SPECIAL EDUCATION
 SPECIAL EDUCATION
• REFERS TO THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS WHO ARE PHYSICALLY,
MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY, SOCIALLY, OR CULTURALLY DIFFERENT FROM
SOCALLED “NORMAL” INDIVIDUALS, SUCH THAT THEY REQUIRE
MODIFICATION OF SCHOOL PRACTICES TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL..
• PROVIDES DISTINCT SERVICES, CURRICULA, AND INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS GEARED TO PUPILS OR STUDENTS WHO ARE SIGNIFICANTLY
HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE OR NORM.
• SPED AIMS TO DEVELOP THE MAXIMUMS POTENTIAL OF THE CHILD WITH
THE SPECIAL NEEDS TO ENABLE HIM/HER TO BECOME SELF-RELIANT AND
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A FULL AND HAPPY LIFE.
FUNCTION OF EDUCATION

• PRODUCTIVE CITIZENRY
• SELF-ACTUALIZATION
- HERBERT SPENCER (BRITISH
SOCIOLOGIST)
 PRODUCTIVE CITIZENRY
• THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF FORMAL
AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ONESELF AND THE SOCIETY.
• REQUIRES CRITICAL THINKING.
• THIS PROMOTES GREATER AWARENESS IN HIS OR
HER SOCIETY
• IT ENCOURAGES VIGILANCE AND PARTICIPATION.
SELF-ACTUALIZATION
• ACCORDING TO ABRAHAM MASLOW, SELF-
ACTUALIZATION IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF HUMAN
NEED. IT WAS DEFINED AS “TO BECOME MORE AND
MORE WHAT ONE IS, TO BECOME EVERYTHING THAT
ONE IS CAPABLE OF BECOMING.
• ” THE CONCEPT OF MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF
NEEDS IS ONCE THAT LEVEL IS FULFILLED THE
NEXT LEVEL UP IS WHAT MOTIVATES US, AND SO ON.
PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS
• THESE ARE BIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS
FOR HUMAN SURVIVAL, E.G. AIR, FOOD,
DRINK, SHELTER, CLOTHING, WARMTH,
SEX, SLEEP. IF THESE NEEDS ARE NOT
SATISFIED THE HUMAN BODY CANNOT
FUNCTION OPTIMALLY.
 SAFETY NEEDS

• PROTECTION FROM ELEMENTS, SECURITY,

ORDER, LAW, STABILITY, FREEDOM FROM
FEAR.
LOVE AND BELONGINGNESS
NEEDS
• THE NEED FOR INTERPERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS MOTIVATES BEHAVIOUR .
• EXAMPLES INCLUDE FRIENDSHIP, INTIMACY,
TRUST, AND ACCEPTANCE, RECEIVING AND GIVING
AFFECTION AND LOVE. AFFILIATING, BEING PART
OF A GROUP (FAMILY, FRIENDS, WORK).
 ESTEEM NEEDS
• WHICH MASLOW CLASSIFIED INTO TWO CATEGORIES:
• (I) ESTEEM FOR ONESELF (DIGNITY, ACHIEVEMENT,
MASTERY, AND INDEPENDENCE) AND
• (II) THE DESIRE FOR REPUTATION OR RESPECT FROM
OTHERS (E.G., STATUS, PRESTIGE). MASLOW INDICATED
THAT THE NEED FOR RESPECT OR REPUTATION IS MOST
IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AND
PRECEDES REAL SELF-ESTEEM OR DIGNITY.
SELF-ACTUALIZATION NEEDS

• REALIZING PERSONAL POTENTIAL,

SELF-FULFILLMENT, SEEKING
PERSONAL GROWTH AND PEAK
EXPERIENCES.
PRIMARY EDUCATION AS A
HUMAN RIGHT
 FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION
TOWARDS INDIVIDUAL

• DEVELOPMENT OF INBORN POTENTIALITIES

• MODIFYING BEHAVIOR
• HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT
• PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE
• DEVELOPING PERSONALITY
• HELPING FOR ADJUSTABILITY
 FUNCTIONS OF
EDUCATION TOWARDS
SOCIETY
• SOCIAL CHANGE AND CONTROL
• RECONSTRUCTION OF EXPERIENCES
• DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL AND MORAL
VALUES
• PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY OR EQUALITY
 FUNCTIONS OF
EDUCATION TOWARDS
NATION
• INCULCATION OF CIVIC AND SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
• TRAINING FOR LEADERSHIP
• NATIONAL INTEGRATION
• TOTAL NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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